Phenomenologies of the stranger : between hostility and hospitality / edited by Richard Kearney and Kascha Semonovitch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kearney, Richard.

Semonovitch, Kascha.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy

Perspectives in Continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitality--Congresses.

Hospitality.

Strangers--Congresses.

Strangers.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 339 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.

Summary:

What is strange? Or better, who is strange? When do we encounter the strange? This book takes the question of hosting the Stranger to the deeper level of embodied imagination and the senses. It asks: How does the embodied imagination relate to the Stranger in terms of hospitality or hostility (given the common root of hostis as both host and enemy)? How do humans "sense" the dimension of the strange and alien in different religions, arts, and cultures? Is there a carnal perception of alterity, which would operate at an affective, prereflective, preconscious level? What exactly do "embodied imaginaries" of hospitality and hostility entail? And what, finally, are the topical implications of these questions for an ethics and practice of tolerance and peace? Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I At the Edge of the World

1 Strangers at the Edge of Hospitality / Edward S. Casey Casey, Edward S. 39

2 Putting Hospitality in Its Place / Brian Treanor Treanor, Brian 49

3 Things at the Edge of the World / David Wood Wood, David 67

Part II Sacred Strangeness

4 Hospitality and the Trouble with God / John D. Caputo Caputo, John D. 83

5 The Hospitality of Listening: A Note on Sacramental Strangeness / Karmen MacKendrick MacKendrick, Karmen 98

6 Incarnate Experience / Anthony J. Steinbock Steinbock, Anthony J. 109

7 The Time of Hospitality-Again / Kalpana Rahita Seshadri Seshadri, Kalpana Rahita 126

Part III The Uncanny Revisited

8 The Null Basis-Being of a Nullity, Or Between Two Nothings: Heidegger's Uncanniness / Simon Critchley Critchley, Simon 145

9 Heidegger and the Strangeness of Being / William J. Richardson Richardson, William J. 155

10 Progress in Spirit: Freud and Kristeva on the Uncanny / Vanessa Rumble Rumble, Vanessa 168

11 The Uncanny Strangeness of Maternal Election: Levinas and Kristeva on Parental Passion / Kelly Oliver Oliver, Kelly 196

Part IV Hosts and Guests

12 Being, the Other, the Stranger / Jean Greisch Greisch, Jean 215

13 Words of Welcome: Hospitality in the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas / Jeffrey Bloechl Bloechl, Jeffrey 232

14 Neither Close nor Strange: Levinas, Hospitality, and Genocide / William H. Smith Smith, William H. 242

15 Between Mourning and Magnetism: Derrida and Waldenfels on the Art of Hospitality / Christopher Yates Yates, Christopher 258

16 The Stranger in the Polis: Hospitality in Greek Myth / John Panteleimon Manoussakis Manoussakis, John Panteleimon 274.

Notes:

Chiefly proceedings of a conference held in 2009 at Boston College.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823234615

0823234614

9780823234622

0823234622

OCLC:

694832821